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arrangement of free cases is intended only to apply to those shipped 

 by you from this side of the water. 



Your obedient servant, 



B. CUNARD. 



Joseph Henry, Esq., 



Secretary Smithsonian Institution, Washington. 



The Secretary presented the following letter from Sir W. E. 

 Logan : 



Montreal, March, 1860. 



My Dear Sir: Understanding that the shells of the United States 

 exploring expedition are being arranged, and that there are many 

 duplicates, I should be rejoiced if a set of them could be obtained for 

 our Provincial Museum. It may be the case that what we may be 

 able to return for them may not equal their value; but the Canadian 

 territory is a large one, and we shall have duplicates of our fossils 

 from various parts, extending from Labrador to Lake Superior. 



In our geological expeditions to the eastern part of the province, 

 advantage has been taken of the opportunity to dredge in the Gulf 

 of St. Lawrence, and we shall undoubtedly have duplicates of many 

 of the specimens obtained. This season I hope to send an exploring 

 party to the Straits of Belle Isle. 



We are so much pressed with work at present that it may be a 

 little time before our duplicates are ready, particularly as the pro- 

 tracted want of Professor Hall's third volume of the palaeontology of 

 New York disables us from naming many of our fossils according to 

 his authority, while a regard for him prevents us from naming them 

 for ourselves. Our Lower Silurian fossils will be the first that will 

 be ready. 



I am, mv dear sir, very truly yours, 



W. E. LOGAN. 



Professor Henry, 



Smithsonian Institution, Washington. 



A letter was read from Hon. Alfred Ely, chairman of the Com- 

 mittee of Claims of the House of Representatives, relative to an 

 application of an officer of the navy for remuneration for specimens 

 of natural history, &c, collected by the United States exploring ex- 

 pedition. 



The subject was discussed, and referred to the Secretary and the 

 Executive Committee. 



A letter was read from Sir George Simpson, governor of the Hud- 

 son's Bay Territory, offering to aid the Institution in collecting me- 

 teorological and other information. 



A letter was read from C. Zimmerman, of Columbia, South Caro- 

 lina, on the subject of the preparation by the Institution of manuals 

 on entomology. 



The Secretary stated that a proposition had been made by Lieu- 



